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Shantum Seth is a Buddhist practitioner and an ordained teacher (Dharmacharya) in the Zen (Dhyana) tradition of the Vietnamese Master, Thich Nhat Hanh. Shantum teaches in India and abroad and has been leading pilgrimages since 1988. He was brought up in India and speaks the languages of the areas to be visited. He has also lived in England, the USA and France for fourteen years.

Shantum, after working in the Footwear industry, was involved in activist politics. For the past 20 years he has been working in the Development sector and is presently an adviser to the United Nations Development Program on volunteer promotion and on livelihood and tourism programs. He is also actively involved in Ahimsa Trust which is working on Peace and Development issues.

He has contributed to a number of books including 'Walking with the Buddha', 'I have arrived, I am home', and 'Volunteers against conflict'. He has also been consulted on films including the 'Life of the Buddha' made by BBC/Discovery. He lives with his wife and daughter in New Delhi, India.